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Top Ten Articles, Tips, and Reviews for 2023

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million views and 2901 comments from about 11,500 followers who read some or all of our 2,454 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. Since we started Ask a Tech Teacher fifteen years ago, we’ve had almost 6.3

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Give students a method to work together using forums, LMS Discussion Boards, blogs, and even Twitter. Really, though: Why not?

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How Do I Know What Is Real? How to Fight Misinformation in An Age of Lies

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Yesterday, the World Economic Forum's “ Global Risks Report 2024 ” ranked AI-derived misinformation as a top global risk ahead of climate change, war, and economic weakness. The post How Do I Know What Is Real?

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How to Engage Kids in Distance Learning

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The last few weeks of school can be the hardest – even in a face to face classroom. Today, Mary Howard, a sixth-grade science teacher in New York, talks about how we can engage kids in distance learning. Are there kids who are just missing?

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How to Create Differentiated NGSS Science Lessons using Propello

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter NGSS Science Standards lessons require a high level of excellence. Formative Assessments Throughout Science Articles I also like the formative assessments built into the reading assignments. Sign up for a Free Account I like inquiry based learning.

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How to do more with less screen time

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In addition, as this article from Science News for Students tells us, studies on the effects of screen time on children that were completed prior to the pandemic show that there is a potential for even more insidious results to reveal themselves when screen time is excessive, such as mental and physical health issues.

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How to Make Teaching A Long-Term Career: What Works

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter “In today's episode, we're thrilled to have Jay Schroder, author of “ Teach From Your Best Self, A Guide to Thriving in the Classroom. ” With this in mind, we dive into a critical yet often-neglected aspect of teaching—teacher well-being.

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